AP-LS Award for Best Undergraduate Paper
To be eligible for an award, the student must be the major contributor to a project on a topic relevant to psychology and law (i.e., the student had primary responsibility for initiating and conducting the project even though the project will usually be conducted under the supervision of a mentor). Data collection should be complete. Winners will be encouraged to submit their work for presentation at the AP-LS Conference (as first authors). Students may submit their work during their first post-undergraduate year as long as the work was conducted during their undergraduate career.
Nominations/applications: Send one copy of each of the following:
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Submit one copy of APA-style paper (Abstract required). The paper should be a maximum of 25 pages of text (12-point font, one-inch margins), including the abstract and tables/figures. The 25-page maximum does not include the title page and references. Papers that do not meet these requirements will be disqualified.
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Each applicant must have their mentor submit a letter of support to the chair that characterizes the nature and extent of the student’s contribution to the project. This letter should be a maximum of two pages of text (12-point font, one-inch margins). Applications that do not meet these requirements for letters of support will be disqualified.
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Deadline for receipt of all materials is June 30.
Nomination deadline
June 30 (annually)
Decision made by
AP-LS Undergraduate Paper Award Committee
Proposals will be judged based on independence, originality, contribution to field, soundness of design and analyses and quality of writing.
Awarded
Annually at the AP-LS Annual Meeting. First, second and third place winners will be determined. First place will receive an award of $500, second place $300 and third place $150. Award recipients will be strongly encouraged to attend the conference and to present a poster at the poster session in a “Winner’s Circle.”
Submissions
Submissions must be received via email (in Microsoft Word) by the committee chair on or before June 30.
2020
Lexi Bammel (advisor: Narina Nunez)
Jennifer Krentz (advisor: Tonia Nichols and Ron Roesch)
Justin Cho (advisor: Rebecca Fix)
2019
Elizabeth Quinn (advisor: Allison Skinner)
Elizabeth Purser (advisor: April Thomas)
Natasha Bailey (advisor: J. Zoe Klemfuss)
2018
Kajal Sachdev (advisor: Bette Bottoms)
Georgia M. Lundon (advisor: Michael Lamb)
Laura Stevens (advisor: Michael Lamb)
2017
Nicholas Michalski (advisor: Jennifer Hunt)
Weyam Fahmy (advisor: Brent Snook)
Eleanor Prince (advisor: Michael Lamb)
2016
Julian Siebert (advisor: Colin Tredoux)
Sydney Wood (advisor: Evan Mandery)
Zsofia Szojka (advisor: Michael Lamb)
2015
Hannah Phalen (advisor: Edie Greene)
Siara D. Johnson (advisor: Naomi Goldstein)
Tyler J. Plogher (advisor: Margaret Stevenson)
2014
Alex Lyon (advisors: Gail Goodman/Deborah Goldfarb)
Alan Buttars (advisor: Matt Huss)
Samantha Andrews (advisor: Michael Lamb)
2013
Dana Forman (advisor: Dave DeMatteo)
Nikoleta Despodova (advisor: Elizabeth Jeglic)
Alan Buttars (advisor: Matt Huss)
2012
Natalie Harrison (advisor: Ron Roesch)
Evan Marie Lowder (advisor: Aubrey Immelman)
Shelby Arnold (advisor: Naomi Goldstein)
2011
Devon Porter (advisor: Daniel Reisberg) and James Lant (advisor: Kimberley Clow)
Christina Stanford (advisor: Jeffrey Anastasi)
2010
Adam Blanchard (advisor: Kevin Douglas)
Darcy Burgers (advisor: Dickon Reppucci)
Jennifer Newman (advisor: Kim Roberts)
2009
Kyla Matthews (advisor: Meredith Allison)
Adana Lagerstrom (advisor Jodi Viljoen)
Alison Ryan (advisor: Daniel Krauss)
2008
Sarah McFadden
Marissa Reiter
2007
Haley Deveau
Kaitlin Bountress
2006
Hannah Dietrich